the color that resonates in her at a given moment is often a story of season, vision, impression... It often navigates between greens and blues although the warm colors of ochre, red or brown earths also attract her. Then she thinks about the pattern she wants to develop so that it echoes this color. This can also be when certain shibori patterns from Japan or patterns from Africa discovered during her research challenge her, intrigue her and make her travel...

Plant dyeing associated with shibori patterns is a very long process punctuated by almost meditative moments. First, the decatizing process, which allows certain fabrics to be freed from the finishes used in the textile industry. Then comes the stage of mordanting the fabric, generally using alum, which creates the bond between the textile fiber and the pigment. This can be done in several stages to improve the durability of the dye on plant fibers in particular, such as linen, hemp, ramie, cotton, using a preliminary bath of gallnut, rich in tannins.

Next comes the stage of designing the shibori pattern, the reserves are obtained by ligature (tie and dye), by folding or by stitching. Depending on its degree of complexity, the marks of the pattern must be traced to achieve the compressions by knots at the end of each thread. Then we can move on to the dyeing process. The vats are prepared by decocting plants or recovering kitchen waste, or simply by infusing plant extracts. It is after these steps that the pattern is finally revealed by undoing the folds, ligatures, or seams; it's a magical moment.

All these steps are punctuated by intermediate rinsing and drying. All that remains is to move on to designing the parts!